Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07


eight miles of sewerage. seven hundred
new dwelling houses, grand opera house,
new brick manufactures. eic. The CHS
cago Il Northwestern Railway company
have just commenced the construction
baugh. of this city. has charge of the
masonry work Mr. Crubau III is COM
fOrtably located at the hotel Booge.
The C, NJ & St p road is putting up
machine shops in the eastern part of the
city, but the greatest benefit of all that
Of which the average Sioux Cityan never
tires of talking. and which he shouts
from the houseIops--is the introduction
of large
PORK PACKING INDUSTRIES.
Two new houses are already in course
of construction, and another will he
erected in the spring. The two now un-
der way are those of Springborn Il Co.
and Fowler Bros. The former is the
farLhest advanced and will be ready for
operation shortly Fowler Bros first
agreed to put up a S2OO, 900 building,
but before the foundation was laid. de.
cided to double their dimensions and
erect $4,000 structure, When tue
houses are operating they will !ur~
nish daily capacity of 1900 hogs and
1900 cattle. 1t is estimated BY conser-
vative people that these new industries
will at least bring 10,0 G0 additional peo-
pie to the city alone.
Nothing further is required To illus
trate the push and energy OF Sioux City's
residents Than to witness their herculeAn
efforts 10 build = nice level town on
innumerable hills. The suburbs and al
jacent land to the city is very roughi
and to the Illinoissn would appear wholly
impracticable for building purposes.
But this makes no difference to the ems
! terprising westentrs. They reduce the
| knobs OF hills 10 level with the sur
rounding surface. and I'LL up the gulleys
and bitches with the surplus dirt gath
cred on the higher places Lots two
and three miles from town are selling
readily at from $500 and 800 up to
| $1,000, which, if located around Rock
Island, could not be given away The
real estate dealers report AN active mar
ket, however, and values are constantly
advancing.
Sioux City has two first
| class hotels in the Garretson and BOogei
bat even they were inadequate to fully
accommodate the crowds. The two lead
! ing newspapers are the JoHrRm morn.
ing. and the Tribune evening. The
former is republican in politics, and is
the pioneer paper of the city aud is do
ing fi0urishing business. Mr. John
Kelly is the enterprising proprietor of the
| Tribune, and he makes q very creditabe
paper of it.
To all outward appearances prohibits
ton is strictly enforced in Sioux City the
only, and also very strong Indication of
the proximity of whisky, being in the
sight of an occasional drunken man reel
ing along the streets. There are no such
things as saloons, but ''holes in the wall
are located in out-ot-the way places, where
athirsty individual may lay down his mon
We and u glass of beer or whisky will pop
NJ before him without any visible means
Of human assistance.
We had the pleasure of meeting several
former Rock Islanders during Our STAY
As mentioned 10 former portion of this
article, Mr. ]. v Mahoney is acting as
corresponding secretary of the Corn Pal
ace association. and he is doing some
very effective work in the way of getting
reduced rates of transportation on the
railroads, etc. He has recently been APP
|
.Iohbers' association and they are to be
congratulated upon securing such an able
representative. Mahoney is one of the
best general freight agents in the west
Mr.. Clark Connolly is book-keeper in
the First National bank, and his many
friends in Rock Island will be pleased tC
hear that he is prospecting finely.
George NJ. Conway, Is the senior mem.
Der of the wholesale tobacco and cigal
firm of Conway d Knickerbacker. He is
an enterprising young man and is build
ing up large trade,
Among other residents of Sioux City
we had the pleasure of meeting MIR, Dar
Mcdonald The high sheriff of WOODBURY.
county, but not i'll an official capacity
He is said to he one of the shrewdest ant
sharpest detectives in the west, and ha:
been elected several terms, OF course h
is Il democrat.